Greenspeak
Subtitle: Ireland in her own words
By: Paddy Sammon.
Publisher: Town House
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: English language -- Ireland -- Dictionaries.; Irish language -- Influence on English -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Irish -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
First sentence: How to use this book
Greenspeak is aimed at the general reader, so 'dictionary terms' are kept to a necessary minimum. It is divided into three section. Part I, the A-Z section , is the main core of the book. Part II comprises a Subject Index and a People Index; and Part III is a list of Irish-related abbreviations in common use within Ireland.
Description: A dictionary - with extensive  illustrative quotations -  of the English language as spoken in Ireland, as well as of words in English which had their origin in Ireland, whether derived from Irish Gaelic or other languages. The headwords are in the language best described as Irish English, which is spoken by the vast majority of those living in the Republic of Ireland, who usually refer to it simply as 'English'. The dictionary also includes many words used in the English language of Ireland, but derived from Irish Gaelic, a Celtic language which has been the subject of official revival policies by all governments since the foundation of the Irish State.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 7; title: How to used this book
pagenum: 8; label: I
title: Alphabetical listing
pagenum: 14; label: II
title: Subject Index
pagenum: 220; label: (II)
title: People Index
pagenum: 226; label: III
title: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
pagenum: 234